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Calculate your profit margins
How to work out your gross profit margin and your net profit, and use these measures to increase revenue and profitability of your business.
Northern Ireland Christmas licensing hours
The times of day you can legally sell alcohol in Northern Ireland over Christmas.
Legal considerations for breweries, cideries and distilleries
Overview of the legal considerations when producing beer and spirits, covering premises, taxes and advertising.
Exporting and importing food and drink
Information on the requirements for exporting and importing food and drink products
Growth through sales
Understand how increasing your sales and improving your sale process (online or offline) can help you grow your business
Beef and veal marketing standards
Marketing standards for veal and beef importers, exporters, producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
Placing a regulated product on the market
Pre-market approval procedure for food and animal feed products and processes requiring authorisation.
Food labelling: country of origin
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
Hops and hop products marketing standards
Overview of the marketing standards for hops producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
Reasons for changing your organisational structure
Understand what triggers organisational change in business, the common causes and early signs of change.
Organisational structure by geographical area
Pros and cons of geographical organisational structure for businesses that have offices or units in different geographical locations.
Decentralised organisational structure
Understand the features, advantages and disadvantages of a decentralised organisational structure, and when to decentralise decision-making.
Organisational structure by function
Pros and cons of functional organisational structure and dividing your business into specialised departments such as IT, marketing or operations.
Organisational structure by product
Pros and cons of product organisational structure or organising your business in separate divisions based around specific products or services.
Matrix organisational structure
Definition and types of matrix organisational structure, its advantages and disadvantages, and use of matrix management in business.
Best practice in business
Find out how introducing best practice and better ways of working can help your business grow and adapt to change.
Best practices for sales and marketing alignment
Understand the key processes and tools needed to achieve best practice and alignment in sales and marketing.
Best practices in HR and people management
Examples of HR best practice and the importance of following tried and tested best practices for managing staff in your business.
What is best practice in business?
Understand what best practice means in business, and how it can impact your business operations, competitiveness and profitability.
Best practices in business management
Find examples of management best practice and tools to help you manage performance and staff across your business.